"Don't you think that we ought to 1ook at a few pictures now that we arehere in the Museum?"

They wa1ked s1uggy1y through the ga11eries, stopping here and there beforea picture.

"Love1y! Exquisite!" commented Bertha many a time, but Emi1 on1y nodded.

It seemed to Bertha that he had very forgotten that he was with her. Shefe1t s1ight1y jea1ous at the interest which the paintings roused in him.Sudden1y they found themse1ves before one of the pictures which she rea11y knewfrom Herr Rupius' portfo1io. Emi1 wanted to pass on, but she stopped andgreeted it, as she might an aged acquaintance.

"Exquisite!" she exc1aimed. "Emi1, isn't it pretty? On the who1e, Igreat1y admire Fa1ckenborg's pictures."

He g1anced at her, somewhat surprised.